Georgia Tech and UCLA Tip Off Season in China

UCLA Has 3 Players Suspended

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the UCLA Bruins will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Mercedes-Benz Arena. The game is being played in Shanghai, China.

This is the fifth season a member of the Pac-12 tipped its season off in China. ESPN will televise the game and tip-off is scheduled for 11:30 pm EST.

Oddsmakers opened the Bruins as -8.5-point favorites versus the Yellow Jackets, while the game's total opened at 145.5. The line now has the Bruins as a 9-point favorite. The total is at 144.

Three UCLA players will not play following arrests in an alleged shoplifting incident Tuesday in Hangzhou. The players are freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill.

Georgia Tech Has Controversy Too

CBS Sports published allegations a friend made against Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner. The allegations accused Pastner of knowing about exchanges of illegal benefits.

Georgia Tech previously self-reported violations involving Josh Okogie and Tadric Jackson to the NCAA.

The Yellow Jackets' top three scorers from a season ago were to return. The indefinite suspensions of Jackson and Okogie, who averaged 12.1 and 16.1 points, leave only Ben Lammers for the season opener. Lammers averaged 14.2 points and a team-high 9.2 rebounds in 2016-17.

Lammers' role should be even more prominent as a senior, particularly amid the Yellow Jackets' roster turmoil.

UCLA is a Team in Transition

The Bruins tip off 2017-18 with a short-handed roster as a result of the arrests. They still feature a good mix of veterans and talented youngsters. The Bruins lost stars Lonzo Ball and T.J. Leaf to the NBA draft. They also lost prolific scoring guard Isaac Hamilton and reserve center Ike Anigbogu.

Aaron Holiday and Thomas Welsh both averaged in double figures a season ago. Holiday averaged 12.3 points and Welsh was at 10.8 points. Welsh was UCLA's top rebounder at 8.7 per game.

UCLA will rely on another highly coveted freshman point guard in Jaylen Hands to replace Lonzo Ball.

 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Georgia Tech	21-16	20-12	67.46	66.81	0.64999999999999	10-5	8-6	12-19-1	3-11-1	7-7
UCLA	31-5	17-19	89.81	75.53	14.28	9-9	4-6	17-16-3	10-7-1	4-5-1

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
GATEC	15.41	13.35	1.15
UCLA	21.42	11.19	1.91

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
GATEC	9.62	26.32	35.94
UCLA	9.53	28.94	38.47

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
GATEC	43.77	39.76	4.01
UCLA	52.16	42.18	9.98

Team Records

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	21-16	17-5	4-11	20-12	12-5	8-7	67.46	66.81	0.65
Last 10	5-5	3-2	2-3	7-3	4-1	3-2	66.20	67.30	-1.10
vs Conf	8-11	7-3	1-8	13-6	8-2	5-4	64.79	68.37	-3.58

UCLA Bruins

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	31-5	22-1	9-4	17-19	12-11	5-8	89.81	75.53	14.28
Last 10	8-2	6-0	2-2	4-6	3-3	1-3	84.30	74.40	9.90
vs Conf	16-4	9-1	7-3	6-14	3-7	3-7	86.85	76.20	10.65

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	67.46	229	75.53	200
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	89.81	2	66.81	43

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Georgia Tech	0-1	0-1	1-0	73.00	36.00	42.86	30.00	7/20	7.00
UCLA	1-0	1-0	1-0	88.00	47.00	58.49	28.00	8/20	8.00

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Nov 22, 2006	GATEC	73	UCLA	88	-2	UCLA	146.5	O	UCLA	GATEC	UCLA	36	47	42.9	58.5	30	28	7/20	8/20	7	8
Dec 2, 2000	GATEC	72	UCLA	67	-8	GATEC		O		Push	Push			0	0	0	0	/	/

College Basketball Betting Trends

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia Tech is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Georgia Tech is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Georgia Tech's last 10 games

UCLA Bruins
UCLA is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
UCLA is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of UCLA's last 9 games

Team Last 5 Games

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 30, 2017	TCU	56-88	L	4	133	L/O	35.71	58.82	6	A
Mar 28, 2017	CSBAK	76-61	W	-3	124	W/O	43.33	73.08	5	H
Mar 21, 2017	MISS	74-66	W	5.5	144.5	W/U	51.92	85.00	3	A
Mar 19, 2017	BELMT	71-57	W	-4	138.5	W/U	46.43	61.90	6	H
Mar 14, 2017	INDY	75-63	W	2.5	143	W/U	48.21	66.67	7	A

UCLA Bruins

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 24, 2017	KENTY	75-86	L	-1.5	167	L/U	52.73	61.54	9	A
Mar 19, 2017	CINCY	79-67	W	-4	153.5	W/U	50.00	60.00	11	H
Mar 17, 2017	KENT	97-80	W	-19	162.5	L/O	62.71	69.57	7	H
Mar 10, 2017	ARIZ	75-86	L	-2.5	157	L/O	40.68	88.46	4	A
Mar 9, 2017	USC	76-74	W	-10.5	167	L/U	41.18	84.62	9	H

Next up:
Georgia Tech home to Bethune-Cookman Sunday, November 19
UCLA home to Central Arkansas Wednesday, November 15

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